Just picked up Ignition City a few days ago and now this. Back to the shop I go.

Seriously. It looks interesting. I always love your sideways takes on history; and while the art is not my usual taste, it fits nicely. I can't wait to see where this goes. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221415#Comment_221415Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:34:26 -0600Rootfireember
interesting. I enjoyed the ?journal/letter pages? with their diagrams and how they contrast with the main comic pages, and offer not just a different viewpoint but also different visual style. Font for that section is a bit large, IMHO, but after reading crud in a times size 10, I think my eyes needed a break anyway.

I don't feel hooked, though, and the dark red backgrounds on some pages I find really, really distracts me from the rest of the art -- and I feel like it clashes an itty bit with the lighter highlights on the cover's blue border and seems to be fighting with a lot of the blues when they appear on the page. I keep on finding myself staring at the red areas and following those lines like an utter idiot and having to force my mind to go from the background to the actual images, and I feel sorta bad for not really finding the comic to my taste so far, because it has a lot of the elements of things I like.

I don't hate it, but it just doesn't feel like a "must have" to me. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221422#Comment_221422Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:47:08 -0600James CunninghamLove the art, too. Raulo Caceres put in some amazing linework, and possibly because I read it in very good lighting the dark colors didn't obscure a bit of detail. It's always fun when a book is slow reading because I keep getting distracted by the intricate art.

Very enthusiastic for this one. More please! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221428#Comment_221428Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:55:26 -0600stsparkyCAPTAIN SWING #1http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221436#Comment_221436
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221436#Comment_221436Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:38:19 -0600Warped SavantI liked the large text pages, they were different. I think a smaller text would have been lost on the page, and the larger text (beautiful font by the way) made it so that they were short sentences that got to the point.

And I'm with James up there when he talks about the dark colours not obscuring the details. Usually I don't like a lot of dark colours in comics because it so often hides what I want to actually see. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221511#Comment_221511Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:50:48 -0600MarshallQuicksandCAPTAIN SWING #1http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221571#Comment_221571
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221571#Comment_221571Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:04:03 -0600stsparkyCAPTAIN SWING #1http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221614#Comment_221614
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221614#Comment_221614Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:38:09 -0600Jeff Owens
kind of reminds me of the old EC artists.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw Charlie in the second panel on page four. I'm a bit of an EC nerd, so that definitely made me happy, right off the bat.

I picked up this book in the shop to look at it and decide if I would read it. I saw Swing holding a beaten man in uniform and thought it looked great. Nearly convinced I, for some reason, flipped to the last page.

"FUCK THE LAW!"

Yup, I thought, looks like I'll be buying four issues of this!

I'm pretty excited for the next three issues. It feeds the hunger for a new issue of Dok, quite nicely, though nothing could ever truly replace that. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=221622#Comment_221622Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:06:49 -0600btx
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Normally, when I read a comic for the first time I focus on the story. I loved the pages of text, and I wish them to continue. However I found myself focusing on each panel on my first run. I am not familiar with Raulo's work, but it is engaging. The chops are magnificent. I believe I took in the locks on the last page for several minutes. This is new to me.

Dee-SPISE the title, and I'm a big fan of, uh, "mouthfuls." (Boy, that could be misconstrued.) Seriously, I'm very fond of long chains of words tumbling like an ornate puzzle that elicit "What the fuck could this story POSSIBLY be about," but come on—"Captain SWING and the (you know the rest)"? Jesus. Sounds like a fake Don Ho album that would show up in a SIMPSONS bit. Or WAYNE'S WORLD, "Captain SCHWIING! Haha har..." Moving on.

Cheers to the Chief Mechanic. Love the full page expository bits w/ groovy period illustrations. And jumping ahead to the last one ending with, "I am Captain Swing." Very cool.

Not insanely nuts about the art. Nothing wrong with it, and I suppose it's "appropriate," question mark. But it's just so heavy and dark. If I were feeling uncharitable, I might describe it as "overworked," but it's not, it's fine. It's just not my thing.

OK, the story (shit, duty calls, I have to go) THE STORY: I dug it. Will be there for all four issues. Kind of hard not to like a story that ends chap one with "Fuck the law!" Good stuff, Internet Jesus. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=222029#Comment_222029Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:17:46 -0600CharleneI didn't feel that way at all. I thought they were placed perfectly to move the story along by providing kind of background info. I wouldnt have liked them at the back because I think the story would have felt a little disjointed or maybe a little confusing then.

No idea what drew me to look on the bottom of the swivel rack at my local shop. Glad I did.

I can't wait for issue #2. I'm loving the prose segments intermittently included. They are somehow able to both ground and expand on the overall outrageousness of the concept. Which I friggin' love. Having a casual interest with Spring Heeled Jack, I'm fascinated with the other legends that have been worked in here that I'm not at all familiar with. Can't wait to see where this goes. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=226952#Comment_226952Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:37:29 -0500freakboxHigh expectations. totally sucked in. No idea how this can be a 4 issue arc. Wishing I hadn't left it at work so I could read again right now! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=227384#Comment_227384Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:06:11 -0500paribolzi
I did think the AV Club review was a bit... off. Some criticism, followed by a B- grade? Strange.It's about halfway down the page here. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7787&Focus=227446#Comment_227446Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:40:32 -0500UrbanAngel
He's from my home town, Bury. We have a whole 19th C tower/monument on top of a hill dedicated to him at the bottom of my village!:P